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l Quinny-tetraa'tettt ffirr.

RoiE'Rfi1 "MoRToN, o E sTooKToN-elr-TEES, ENGLAND.

Letters ,Patent No. 75,044, dated Mart-ii 3, 1868.

IMPROVED LIQUIDfGOOLER.

-To ALL` WHoMiT MAY eoNoERn:

Be it known that I, ROBERT MORTON, of Stockton-on-Tee's, England,`have inveuteda new and improved Liquid-Cooler; and I do hereby declare that the following isa full,` clear, 'and exact description thereof, ,which will'enable others skilled in the art te make and use the same'referenoebeing had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification,- in which- Figure 1 representsa'plaii or top view offthisinven'tion, partly in section. Figure 2 is a longitudinal vertical section of the same. Similar letters of refererice indicate like parts. This invention relates to certain'improvements in that'clas'sof refrigerators in which-attened or other shaped tubes are used for the purpose of cooling worts or other liquidsor fluids, theliquid .te be cooled heing passed through theehambers-between said tubes in one directien, wh ile thecoolinglitiii-idPasses t'hrougllthe tubes inthe opposite direction. v

In. constructing my refrigerator, I use a series of flattened tuvbes,-A,m ade of eopper"tho1'eughly tinned, er of other suitable metal. The tubes are strengthened internally'with a.v suiiieient number of stays,'a, and they are constructed asifollows: I take strips of copper, 'turnilthem over,and A brazo "the'un'to form a circular pipe, b 6*. I then draw them in the usualway of forming drawn-pipe, and then`ltake three or more of these pipes,

Awhich have been previously well tinned within and without, andro-ll one, marked b*,`(if eulylthree pipes are used, or two or more, if four .or more pipes are used,) perfectly sduare, or nearly so, while thetwo others, which- `are marked b, are rolled so as to form an arch with aiat bottom.`, .I then sold-er' thethrezefpipes b .b* together longitudinally, keeping the circular faces ofthe pipes boutside, by which arrangement tubes are obtained the.

cross-section of which is such as shown in iig. 2 'of the drawing.' These tubesI insert, 'at each end, into strong plates, B, of copper or other metal, perforated at proper distances to receive the tubes,'whch arethenconnected 'alternately by hollenr caps, C, of copper or other metal, secured t0 the plates B,and' extending'over theend-s of two er more tubes, as shown in iig. l; The iirst one Vofthe caps C connects with the supplypipe I),.andthel lost with the discharge-pipe E, and a current of water or otherliquid admitted' through the 4supply-'pipeis compelled to pass in a zigzag course through all the pipes before itrcaches the discharge-pipc.

The caps C may be attached'to the tubes by means of flanges in lrarlious ways, screwed togethelglor united in any other convenient manner. .A longitudinal rib, e,- i'six ed at the top of each alternativetube, of suiioient depth and the'bottoms'of the alternative tubes areralso connected by a corrugated strip, d,'of copper oriotlier metal, thereby forming a ser-ies of cells or compartments betweenlthe tubes, causing-a continuousow of. het worts or other 4liquids alternately under and over the external surfaces of' the tub-es, the hot liquid and cold. water thus ilowingfin opposite directions, andbeing dischargedatoppositeends. f i I i l 'n The apparatus is {ixed to a case, E, of copper or other meta-l, andsecured in a strongrwoodenuerother suitable frame, F; and it`can be used with an open top', er. closed to prevent any atmospheric action on the worts. If desired`,`liou'ever, the action of the apparatus can be reversed, the worts ll'owing insidethe tubes, and" the water outside; but I prefer theformer'mode.

A. refrigerator of` this kind possesses great cooling-power, and requires-avsulall proportionate quantity ofl water. It can be placed iu any position, either upriffht, sloping, orlierizontai,occupying little r0om;;.and,"

o l l from its simplieityof construction, 1t 1s easily cleaned, and can bemanufactured'at a. reasonablecost.

'In order to discharge the wort from each compartment, indto facilitate the operation of cleaning, a slidevalve, Sr, is applied, which is operated by a hand-lever, Hr Said slide is provided with a series of holes, 'which lcan be made to- -coincide with similar holes in one of the plates B, leading to thesever'al compartments,of `the refrigerator.

By means of the hand-lever and slide, all the holes in the plate B can be openedsimultaneously, and the wort from the several compartments of the refrigerator dischargesfin the compartment I, vwhich communicates,

through the gate J, with the discharge-.opening t.

' It must be remarked-'fthat this apparatus might also housed with advantagefor distillation, evaporation',

' and other similar operations.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure byIiettcrs Patent, is l The arrangement of a series of dat tubes, A, which are.l alternately/provided with longitudinal pri-bs, c, and connected by corrugated strips, ol, substantially as vand for the purpose set forth.

Also, the caps' G, in combination with the tubes-A, ribs c, and connecting-'strips dy'constructcd'andope. atingsubstnntially as and for the purpose described. I

` ROBERT M oR'roN. [u 5.3,

Witnesses: l

WILLIAM WALKER, of 44 Cattle Street, Liverpool. i Jona HAML'roN REDMOND, Secretary tothe about Will-iam Wal/ier. 

